tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post2224851107637021936..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: The invisible burden (ii)Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-19043442637810679092018-04-03T00:34:09.966-05:002018-04-03T00:34:09.966-05:00I actually get dinged for some things I do. If I h...I actually get dinged for some things I do. If I help someone get someone a Fulbright, which brings massive prestige to program and is a HUGE consulting job, it is actually considered a poorer use of time than say, teaching an extra class. But they would say the extra class is more valuable because it brings in more student credit hours. That is way short-sighted since there are so many benefits Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-56136196975760857142018-04-02T11:41:06.125-05:002018-04-02T11:41:06.125-05:00Yes. But there university doesn't monetize our...Yes. But there university doesn't monetize our consulting. That is on the side, and I give some away for free. We can monetize our research grants, but that is more for the sciences. That leaves students tuition. But they could hire someone for less to cover some classes... Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-63891734946382251992018-04-01T17:38:00.719-05:002018-04-01T17:38:00.719-05:00Yes, that's the math I imagined you did. But c...Yes, that's the math I imagined you did. But consider a consulting or legal firm. The value of their employees is not measured in their salary translated into an hourly wage. At least not all of them. Some people earn significantly more (for the firm) when they are working for a client. And that's the time they could be spending when they are sitting in a seminar.Thomas Basbøllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08368041769532537132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-25372887603607254102018-04-01T12:42:39.608-05:002018-04-01T12:42:39.608-05:00The exact dollar amount is not significant for my ...The exact dollar amount is not significant for my argument. I was figuring 30 as the hourly rate for someone earning about 70,000 a year. <br /><br />Let's say from the point of view of the employer. If you pay someone x-dollars an hour, then you want to be make sure that the kind of things they are doing are beneficial in proportion to that. You wouldn't pay someone $50 an hours to Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-82271801290884350852018-04-01T04:33:35.813-05:002018-04-01T04:33:35.813-05:00Back when I was selling seminars to universities f...Back when I was selling seminars to universities for a living, I sometimes had to remind them that my fee was a drop in the bucket of the cost of the time they were asking their faculty to spend attending them and following up afterwards. Not only were they paying me to occupy the attention of dozens of scholars who could otherwise be doing other things, they were asking me to help those scholarsThomas Basbøllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08368041769532537132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-85364905072446011802018-04-01T00:39:17.025-05:002018-04-01T00:39:17.025-05:00One colleague just spent a bunch of time stressing...One colleague just spent a bunch of time stressing over ordering lunches for an event. He was good humored about it and not considering himself too good to do it, but there were a lot of bureaucratic steps and it was his first time. I wish we still had (efficient) secretaries, enough of them. The really bright ones keep quitting.Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.com